ASTANA (Sputnik) — Next week’s Syrian peace talks in Kazakhstan’s Astana have been postponed for weeks, the Kazakh Foreign Ministry spokesman Anuar Zhainakov said Thursday.
5 May 2017, 06:27 GMT
"According to information we’ve just obtained from guarantor states of the Astana process, Russian, Turkish and Iranian representatives will continue having expert-level working meetings in their capitals in the coming days and weeks to examine issues related to the previous agreements on four Syrian de-escalation zones and other issues aimed at strengthening the ceasefire regime," he said.
Asked whether the talks slated for June 12-13 had been postponed, Zhainakov replied, "Yes." "Guarantor states plan to inform the Kazakh side about a jointly agreed timeframe, level, participants and the agenda of the next meeting," he added.
